3.6.2. Rules for adding attributes to locations (organizations)

• Only the item's proper name if it's not grammatically connected to its type and the activity unambiguously determines its purpose (as long as the type doesn't contain specific elaborations, such as “Indian restaurant”).

  In such cases, preferably add the “Also known as, historical” name in the [item type + proper name] format.

  If the activity name clarifies the item type (such as pub for the “Bar, pub” category), only set the item's proper name in its official name.

  See examples 1, 4, 12, and 33.

• Only the item's proper name if the item has a number or ID in addition to its proper name (applies to items of the following types: Food, Auto, Trade, Finance, Yard and park infrastructure, Sports, as well as the Drug store and Optician subtypes). In this case, you can specify the item's name, number, and type as a name of the “Also known as, historical” type.

  See example 2.

• — The item's proper name and item type in cases when the item's proper name grammatically overlaps with the item type.

  See example 3.

• The item's proper name, number (or ID), and item type if the item has a number or ID in addition to its proper name (applies to items of the following types: Education and research, Government, Religion, Culture and recreation, Businesses and services, Healthcare, but doesn't include the Drug store and Optician subtypes).

  See examples 25 and 26.

• If an item doesn't have a proper name, only the “item type” is specified (except for items belonging to the Yard and park infrastructure type).

  See examples in Location and organization names (standard names of map items that have no proper names, depending on the activity).

• If an object belongs to the “Yard and park infrastructure” type and doesn't have a name, only specify its official name if it elaborates on the item's function. For example, Volleyball court, Basketball court. Don't set an official name for such an item if it doesn't elaborate on its function. For example, the official name can't be Sports ground, Playground, Dumpsters.
• If data for an organization in the “Finance” category (such as department, branch, numbered or unnumbered operational cash registers, and so on) doesn't correspond to its activity type, you can add it to the organization's official name. The item's proper name always comes before its official name. The clarifications are written last, separated by a comma.

  See examples 7, 8, 9.

• If a bank has both a full name and an abbreviation/portmanteau, the official name uses the full version, while the caption uses the shortened version.

  See examples 10 and 11.

• If an organization name consists of the name of its activity and the full name of its owner or specialist, write the name as follows (excluding brand names):

  • Official name: the type of business activity specified based on the table of standard names for places and businesses, and the full name (the first name and the patronymic should be written as initials)
  • Signature name: business activity specified based on the table for standard names of places and businesses.

  See examples 31 and 32.

• Attractions of architectural value can display their year(s) of construction. If a century is specified in the attraction's name, it can be substituted with the years of construction.

  Any additional information specified for items with proper names should come after a comma. Years and centuries use arabic numbers. If there are more than two construction dates, please only specify the two oldest ones.

  See examples 28 and 29.

The name should contain:

• Only the item's proper name in cases when the item's proper name doesn't grammatically overlap with the item type.

  See examples 1, 2, 7, 8, 9.

• Only the item's proper name if the item has a number or ID in addition to its proper name (applies to items of the following types: Food, Auto, Trade, Finance, Yard and park infrastructure, Sports, as well as the Drug store and Optician subtypes).

  See example 2.

• The item's proper name and item type in cases when the item's proper name grammatically overlaps with the item type.

  See example 3.

• The item's proper name, number (or ID), and item type if the item has a number or ID in addition to its proper name (applies to items of the following types: Education and research, Government, Religion, Culture and recreation, Businesses and services, Healthcare, but doesn't include the Drug store and Optician subtypes).

  See examples 25 and 26.

• Type and number (ID) if the item only has a type and ID.

  See example 27.

• Only the item type if the item doesn't have a proper name and the item type doesn't match its business activity. It doesn't need the For caption on map name if the item type matches the category.

  See examples 5 and 6.

• If a bank has both a full name and an abbreviation/portmanteau, the caption uses the shortened version.

  See examples 10 and 11.

• If a government, educational, cultural, or medical facility does not have its own name or number, the caption should specify the locality (urban or rural) it belongs to.

  See examples 13, 14, 15.

• For complex companies occupying a large area (such as hospitals, universities, sanatoriums, and sports and commercial companies with well-established well-known names), there are special rules for naming buildings:

  • If an organization divided into multiple subsidiaries (for example, a university with its buildings, departments, and dorms; a factory or hospital with its departments and buildings; and so on) occupies asingle area, write the names of the subsidiaries as follows:

    • official: name of the parent organization, name of the child organization;
    • for signature: the name of the child organization.

  See examples 16, 17, 18.

  If the subsidiary is located on different territories, the name of the parent organization is saved in the name for the signature.

  See example 19.

• If a large parent company has independent branches with their own names (e.g. city-level universities that are branches of a federal university, or local hospitals subordinate to a regional hospital), then the names of those branches should be specified in the following manner:

  • Official: Name of the parent organization, name of the branch.
  • Name for caption: Name of the branch.

  See example 20.

• If several organizations share the same name, territory, and subcategory (e.g. Factories and industrial enterprises), please include their abbreviated item type in the official name.

  See examples 21, 22, 23, 24.

• If the years/centuries of construction are specified in the proper name for an attraction of architectural value, the attraction's caption name should be written as follows:

  • If the item has a proper name, then it should be the same as a caption name.
  • If the item doesn't have a proper name, then the caption name should be shortened and include the item's construction period taken from the proper name.

  See examples 28 and 29.